Three All-Ohio runners — juniors Jacob Kernell of Lake and Ty Raybuck of Marlington, and St. Thomas Aquinas sophomore Athena Welsh — were among the top individual award winners for the All-Stark County Cross Country Teams, which are selected by the coaches.

Three All-Ohio runners — juniors Jacob Kernell of Lake and Ty Raybuck of Marlington, and St. Thomas Aquinas sophomore Athena Welsh — were among the top individual award winners for the All-Stark County Cross Country Teams, which are selected by the coaches.

Kernell was selected as the Division I Boys Runner of the Year. He earned All-Ohio honors by finishing 14th at the state meet this season. He won the Stark County Championship meet by 32 seconds, and owned the county's fastest time this season, a 15:40.2 at the Claymont Invitational.

Raybuck was the runner of the year in Division II after finishing 10th at the state meet to become an All-Ohioan.

St. Thomas Aquinas sophomore Jacob Paul was named the Division III Runner of the Year. Paul finished second at the district meet.

For the girls, Welsh was the Division III Runner of the Year after helping lead the Knights to a fourth-place team finish at the state meet. Welsh won the Division III race at the Boardman Spartan Invitational and was a regional runner-up. She also owned the county's fastest girls time this season, an 18:58.1 she ran at the state meet to finish sixth individually — the top state finish by a Stark runner this year.

GlenOak junior Hannah Thompson was the Division I Runner of the Year. She was second overall at the Federal League and Stark County meets, won a district title, and took fourth at regionals to qualify for state.

Central Catholic sophomore Rachel Reolfi was named the Division II Runner of the Year after being a state qualifier for the Crusaders. She finished 37th at state in 19:44.90

The Stark County Cross Country Coaches Association also selected its scholarship winners for this year. The six seniors, each receiving $500 college scholarships, are Jade Smith of Lake, Laura Tweedie of Lake, Ryan Green of Louisville, Amanda Vincent of Aquinas, Scott Fichter of Central Catholic and Joe Volpe of Perry.